Yearly Archives: 2021
Calls, texts flood veterans’ crisis line
The primary crisis hotline for veterans experienced a 98 percent increase in the number of texts that it received during the last two weeks...
The check will bounce: Alaska House passes $1,100 dividend with money that isn’t there
The bill to fund the Permanent Fund dividend may have the governor's name on it, but it's not his bill anymore. HB3003 pays Alaskans...
Rep. Liz Snyder was in favor of statutory PFD, until she wasn’t, and voted against it
Rep. Liz Snyder, who ran for office and spent $750,000 to win House District 27 away from former Rep. Lance Pruitt, ran on a...
James Kaufman: My vote on HB-3003
By JAMES KAUFMAN
As an elected State Representative who has been in the middle of the big debate about the fiscal policy of the State...
Alexander Dolitsky: Nationalism in America, Alaska, and around the world
By ALEXANDER DOLITSKY
History teaches us that nations can be like people. While having many things in common, each is unique. As with people, a...
Governor’s Office staff must monitor and test for Covid-19
A new Governor's Office policy, intended to keep Covid-19 from spreading in the workplace, says that workers who are experiencing Covid-19 symptoms or who...
Sullivan: ‘Never thought I’d see the day’ when U.S. government left citizens behind
Sen. Dan Sullivan, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement after the departure of the last U.S. military...
Anchorage Assembly sets special meeting to override Mayor Bronson’s first veto
A special meeting of the Anchorage Assembly has been scheduled for Tuesday for the purpose of overriding the mayor's veto of a "houseless lived...
House votes down statutory dividend, 21-19
In a close vote, the Alaska House of Representatives today voted down an amendment to HB 3003 that would have funded the full statutorily...
Ketchikan High closes due to Covid cases
On Monday morning, Ketchikan High School students were dismissed at 10:45 am, with plans to reopen the school no earlier than Wednesday. All practices...